# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

**Source image:** `20260219_140235.jpg`  
**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
**Method:** Automated (Claude Batch API — claude-opus-4-6)

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Ranger Sloop of War, Captain Paisly Commander
and the Hunter Sloop together with a Barge
And the Whitehaven Cutter, that carried
over the Bishop of the Isle of Man also
a Barge belonging to Greenock, had taken
on Board £800 Value of Uncustomed
Goods, in which Service were Employed
Two Pilot Boats, & a Mans Wherry, and
when they had got their Cargoes they Sailed
to their respective places to dispose of it
As to the Cutters, is out of Dispute they
make a Trade of it, buying these Goods in
different places, they may make out a
feasible Journal of their proceeding from
Port to Port, in every one of which, they
take in a little, the Merchants are
ready to trust them without Money, —
knowing they run no risque from a Seizure
And that they will pay for fear of a discovery.